About me

Background

I am currently a PhD student in the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padua. My research focuses on visual perception within an interdisciplinary PhD program that integrates cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and computer science to advance the study of the brain–mind system. My research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying cognition and behavior, specifically in the field of visual neuroscience and psychophysics.

My academic journey includes a Master’s degree in Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Padova, coupled with a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Psychology attained at the University of Trento. My professional trajectory has been enriched by significant experiences abroad, including immersive cultural exchanges in the UK (University of Edinburgh), in the Netherlands (Leiden University) and in Portugal (University of Coimbra).

As a research intern at the University of Coimbra, I focused on neuroimaging techniques with a focus on visual perception. Afterwards, I completed an internship at the Neuropsychiatry Laboratory at Fondazione Santa Lucia, where I contributed to clinical work and research on neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. This experience provided me with clinical diagnostic skills and MRI-based research methods, and was essential for obtaining my psychologist license, which I earned after successfully passing the qualifying exam.

Research Interests

My current work focuses on low-level visual mechanisms. My phd project explores the influence of recent visual history on current perception, with a focus on how recent visual history affect performance in visual search and the relationship between past input and deployment of visual attention across space.

Education

PhD in Brain, Mind and Computer Science (Current)
Università degli studi di Padova, Italy

Master’s degree in Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology
Università degli studi di Padova, Italy

Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Psychology
Università degli studi di Trento, Italy

Contact

Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in collaboration or have questions about my research.

• Email: enrico.pitocco@phd.unipd.it